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No. 824,364. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. J. A. KENNY & 0. H THORDARSON. ELECTRICAL REGORDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-24. 1903.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Tune 26, 1906.

Application filed ream 24,1903. Satin-11in. 144,727.

To all whom it .may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES A. KENNY and CHESTER H. THORDARSON, of Chicago, in the county'of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrical Recording Apparatus; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this'specification.

This invention relates to a novel electrical recording apparatus for transmiting from one or more recording devices in the nature of a meter located at an outlying station or stations records which are set up as the acts or athings to be recorded are accomplished and reproducing the same graphically at a central station atcertain determlned intervals.

In the operation of the apparatus a record or records of certain acts and things done is set up at the outlying station or stations at the time of their performance and at a selected time such records, which are usually temporary records, are electrically transmitted to a recording device located at a central station by means enabling the operator or inspector at suchv central station to reproduce thereat a graphic reproduction of the temporary record or records so set up at the outlying station or stations. The temporary records so set up at the outlying station or stations may be the record or records of the number of calls made at a telephone or telephones included in a measured telephone service, the system bein so arranged that at the time each call is made the subscriber produces a temporary record thereof on a suitable mechanism located at his telephone, tervals the. records so indicated on his temporar recording device are graphically produced at the central station, such graphic pro duction being effected by an inspector located at said central station, so that a visit of the inspector to the subscribers telephone is made unnecessary. Other uses for the improved recording apparatus herein described is forthe purpose of producing at a central sta tion graphic records of a number of outlying gas meters, watermeters, electric meters, and the like, or of making a record of the number of operations of a turnstile, a cashregister, or other counting devices. 7

In the first suggested use of the invention to wit, the application thereof to a measured and at certain determined in-' .device until such time sequen'tly transmitted to set up by the subscriber himself at the time his telephone is connected with the telephone of another subscriber, and such temporary 're'cords remain intact in the temp orary recordi as they are transmitt d to the central oflice and are there translated into a graphic record to indicate the number of calls made by the subscriber during the period in which such temporary records have been set up. In the application of the invention for producing gra hic records of the operation of meters and other devices above mentioned, a movable part of the meter or other device acts upon the mechanism in which the temporary record is set up to operate said mechanism during each unit or cycle of movement of said device-as, for instance, during each rotation of a part of said meter or like deviceand the manner of reproducing said temporary records at the central station after having been set-up in the manner suggested is the same as that described nection with the measured telephone service. The term tem orary recording device as herein employed is intended to indicate any suitable mechanism located at an outlying station upon which are set up the parts of such record-which are capable of being suba central recording device and" here translated into a graphic record or one which may be visually read. The temporary records produced at the outlying station or stations may be termed potential recordsthat is to sa records while not necessarily capable of eing read themselves are capable of being reproduced at thecentral station.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

-In.the' drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the 'rincipal part of the mechanism located. at t .e outlyin station. Fig. 2 is a with arts broken away. Fig. 3 is a longitudinai tion taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. F' 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on of Fig. 3. Fi ..5 is a detail front view of the mechanism, s owing the starting-magnet and its cooperating parts. Fig. 6 is a detail top lan view of t e arts located in rear of the device as shown In Fig. 1, showing said parts in changed position. Fig. 7 is a detail section taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 6. 7 Fig.8 is a detail section taken on line8 8 of Fig. 6. Fig.

in contelephone servicethetemporary records are graphically 7 vertical sec- IIO 9 is a detail fra mentar r lan view showin the means lor locking the device and also the 5 means for shifting the wheels I) l)" laterally.

Fig. 1.0 is a fragmentary view taken on line 10 10 of Fig. 3 looking downwardly. Fig. 1 1 is a detail bottom plan view of the c ntactstrip of the make-and-break device. Fig. 1.2 is a vertical section of a safety device located at the temporary recording device, taken on 1 ord-strips indicating the character of the.

graphic recon l First reterring to the mechanism upon which the temporary records are set up, A

designates the base of the device, and A A two lateral side members upon which the various parts of the mechanism are supported.

B designates a horizontal, rotative shaft mounted in standards a, rising from the mem-' hers A at the front end of the device. B designates a disk which is non-rotatively mounted on the shaft B and is provided with a projection or tooth 6, adapted to engage with and actuate the elements of a cyclometer or denomination counting mechanism on a stationary shaft (Liked in standards a, rising from the side members of the machine. Said cyclometer mechanism consists, as herein shown, of three toothed wheels (1 (3 which are rotatively mounted on the shaft C and are provided with internal interacting parts familiar in cyclometer construction for imparting the proper rotative movement'to the wheels. The wheel C in the present instance constitutes the units-wheel, the wheel C the tenswheel, and the wheel C" the hundreds-wheel. A greater number of wheels may be employed for recording thousands and numbers of greater denominations. Said wheels are each provided withten teeth, and the parts are so arranged that the'unit's-wheel is first intermittently rotated'an entire revolution and during the last stepof its rotation carries with it the tens-wheel one step, and the tens-wheel similarly during the last step of a complete rotation carries with it the hundreds- Wheel one step. The units-Wheel is made integral with or. attached rigidly to a sleeve c, upon which is integrally formed or rigidly.

attached a toothed wheelC, whichis adapted to 'be engaged by the tooth b of. the disk .B, whereby the toothed wheel and units-wheel are given a partial rotationduring each rota tion of said disk. The cyclometer-wheels are confined between a disk C fixedon the shaft C and engaging the hundreds-wheel and the upper end of one of thestandards 0/,which latter engages the toothedwheel .The

cyclometer-wheels are held from accidentally turning through the medium of leaf-springs c c c, which are attached at their lower ends to the base of the machine and extend upwardly and are suitably shaped at their up per ends, Fig. .2, to enter the spaces between. adjacent teeth of the wheels.

.l) designates a horizontal rotative shaft located 'n front of the shaft and mounted in standards (1- rising from the side frame members A.

l) designates a toothed wheel which is non-rotatively mounted on the shaft 1), but is free to slide endwise thereon, and said wheel I) is adapted to mesh with either of the cyclonieter-wheels to it being for this purpose adapted to be laterally shifted, by a suitable mechanism hereinafter to be described in line with either of the cyclonicter-wheels. Said wheel D located normally in line with the space between the' toothed wheel and the adjacent unitswheel of the cyclomcter mechanism, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and means are provided which are set in motion at the beginning of the rotation of the startingshal't B, which acts to shift the said toothed wheel 1) into meshwiththe units-wheel of the cyclonieter mechanism before angular movement is imparted to said eyclometer-wheel. it h this construction it will be observed that each step-bystep movement of the units- Wheel (and the same is true of the tons and hundreds wheels) the shaft 1) will be rotated through the medium of the wheel 1) an angular distance equal to the extent of angular tached at one end to a sleeve D? surroundin 7 I" the outer end of the shaft D and attached to the 'frame by an angular arm consisting of the parts a and (Z, Figs. 1 and 4, while the other end of the spring is attached to a large gearwheel D, non-rotatively fixed on the shaft D The spring D constitutes a restoringspring, which restores the parts to their normal positions when the record set up on the device is to be transmitted therefrom. A stop isprovided for finally arresting the restoring movement of the shaft D, which consists of a stop-bar A which is hinged at its lower end to the base A beneath the shaft 1) to swing laterally and is provided at its upper end with a laterally-directed pin a, which travels in a coarse screw-thread D on the Any other extent of angular move- V I end of the shaft D, the

the bar with the base ena ling it to follow the screw-thread. The pin a strikes a stoppin 1 .at the outer end of the screw-thread and arrests the movement of the shaft. The

7 tively connected-with the gear-wheel D by a ism may be of any v pin B, to shift the bar G end gear-plnionE. Such escapement mechanof the familiar types and need not be further described. The said rota'ry shaft D is looked after each step of its rotation or angular advance by means of a spring-presse'd-pawl F, Fig. 1 which is pivoted at its lowerend to an tory bar G, which slides in suitable guides a projecting laterally from the side frame of the device, Fi s. 1 and 2. The pawl F is adapted for Emking engagement with a notched wheel D on the end of the shaft D adjacent to the bar G, and the awl is out of engagement with the wheel 8 excepting when the records are bein set u on the device. The forward end 0 said s idin bar G is provided with an upturned portion G, which is located just in front of the shaft B and at one side of the disk B of said shaft. Said upturned portion of the bar is a'da ted to be acted upon by a pin B on the dis B, placed eccentrically to the shaft B, whereby during the first rotation of the said shaft the pin B acts on said upturned part G to shift the bar G forwardly, and thereby move the pawl F into locking engagement with the wheel D 1 The said bar and detent-arm are locked in these positions by means hereinafter to be described. In the continued rotation of the shaft B the upturned arm of the bar G is held awa from the pin B, so that said pin clears said upturned part of the bar.

When the starting-shaft B therefore is turned to operate thecyclometer mechanism in the manner before described, it acts,

wise and move the upper 'end of the springressed pawl F into locking engagement wlt the wheel D. Said pawl yields'away from the wheel D to q permit the shaft D and said wheel to be sub- 1 tion of a spiralv contractile sequentl rotated, but tatlon 0 said partsuntll the pawlis bodily shifted rearwardly' therefrom. When the locking means for said bar are release the bar and the pawl F are restored under e acspring G, which is attached at its rear end to a pin Gr, rising I v from the base of the device,- and at its forwardend to the bar G, as shown in Fig. 1.

a Connected with the wheel D by a sleeve D, which surrounds the shaft D, is a starwheel D, which constitutes part of, or oper-' ates, an electrical make-a'nd-break device,

whereby during the restoring" movement of hinged connection of endwise reciprocathrough the prevents reverse rothe shaft D recording-impulses are transmit ted to the central recording device, which are wit contactieces, which 'are brought together when t therewith of oneof the teeth of said wheel.

Said strips H H are included in the transmitting-circuit, hereinafter described, and the make-and-break between said strips produces impulses in the transmittin -circurt which are translated by the centra recording destrips are provided on their adjacent sides e strip H is raised by contact vices to produce a record in accordance withsaid impulses. The lower strip H is provided with three laterally-separated contact-pieces h h. k,

1s shifted laterally, to-

one for each cyclometer-wheel C C 0, "and the star-wheel -D 'gether with the toothed wheel- D, so that when the wheel D is in mesh with either one 7 of the cyclometer-wheels the star-wheel is in position for contact with one of the contactpieces h h 7%, which is appropriated to or corresponds with said cyclometer-wheel. The contact-pieces h h h are made of graduallyincreasing width, the oneappropriated to the units-wheel being the shortest and the one alpropriated to the hundreds-wheel being t e ibngest, while the one appropriated to the tens-wheel is of an intermediate length. In this manner im ulses of different lengths are produced by tl ie make-and-break device in the restoring movement of the shaft D and star-wheel D", depending upon the cyclometer-wheel with which the toothed wheel D is in mesh and also the contact-piece with which the star-wheel has contact, and the central recording device s so constructed as to produce marks on the record-sheet of a len th corresponding with the impulses. With t is arrangement the marks produced on the rec- IIC ord-sheet at the central oflice are dots when the toothed wheel is in mesh with the unitswheel in the restoring movement of the parts,

. are dashes when said toothed wheel is in mesh with the tens-wheel, and lon er dashes when the toothed wheel is in mes with the hundreds-wheel, Thestrips H H are cut out of the transmitting-circuit when the record 1s being set up, so that notwithstand ng the .fact that the star-wheel brings the contactpieces of the strips together in the settin up movement thereof no effect is produce to operate the central recording dev1ce.'

When the parts of the machine are in the r starting positions, the toothed wheel D 1s located between the toothed wheel C and the units-wheel C. When the device is brought into operation through the medium of the starting-wheel B, (which may be effected through the medium ofthe key B, if

as the tenth step of the units-wheel is taking place. Just after the ninth advance step of the units-wheel takes place the toothed wheel D is moved laterally into mesh with the tenswheel. Similarly, just as said. tens-wheel of the cyclometer has completed the ninth step of its rotation it is locked to the hundredswheel to advance the same one step, and ust before the hundreds-wheel advances the toothed wheel I) is shifted laterally into mesh with the hundreds-wheel, so that in the subsequent angular advances of said hundreds-wheel the wheel D and shaft D are correspondingly angularly advanced. It will thus be seen that the shaft D is angularly advanced ten steps during each rotation of the units-wheel and to the same extent for each rotation of the tens and hundreds wheels. The

said toothed wheel D is forced laterally into contact with the units-wheel and is held therein during the complete rotation of said units-' wheel and is thereafter forced into mesh with the tens and hundreds wheels and held in mesh therewith during the complete rotation of said wheels by the following mechanism.

be engaged wi The sliding bar G is provided at its rear end with an upturned. portion G", the upper end of which is apertured to receive ahorizontal shaft I. Said shaft I is mounted in the upper ends of oscillatory bearing-standards I 'I, one at eachside of the device at the rear end thereof and hinged at theirlower ends to the base A. Said shaft I is adapted to slide endwise through the apertures in the upper ends of said standards I. Attached to the left-hand standard I isan inwardly-extend ing in I which is disposed parallel with said sha Said pin I is adapted to engage at its inner end a log on a horizontally-swinging lever I, pivoted on a frame J of an electroniagnet J, located at the rear of the machine, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. Said-lever I extends forwardl and downwardly and the lower rear endt of said lever extends at oneside of a vertical arm K, which. is attached at its upper end to the sleeve 1) on the shaft D and extends downwardly therefrom in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 4. With this construction when theinitial starting-shaft B is rotated the bar G is shifted forwardly inthe manner before described, caus the locking detent-arrn F to ti the notched wheel D in the manner hereinbefore described, and said bar also acts thro h theupturned partG" of the bar to shift t e shaft I- forwardly and to swing the oscillating standards I on their hinges. ;\s the pin I is attached to one of said standards it is also swung forwardly and is brought Hili) contact with the up er end of the lever l'" therebv swin in sai lever toward and against the arm K and through said parts shifting the sleeve D" and integral wheels I) l) latcrally,- so as to bring the wheel I) in i o mesh with the units-wheel of the eyelonieiei' mechanism to be thereafter ropivotallv mounted on a forwardly-extending part j of the magnet-frame J and is springpressed to swing it laterally away from the magnet. When, therefore, the standard I adaccnt to said armature is swung forwardly to carry the lug i past the lug j, the said lug is snapped into locking engagement with the lug i and locks the parts. The parts are unlocked by energizing the magnet and drawing the armature toward the magnet and the lug j away from the lug '5 The mechanism which operates in conjunction with the mechanism just described for shifting the toothed wheel D into mesh with the tens-wheel after the ninth step of the rotation of the units-wheel and for shifting the wheel into mesh with the hundreds-wheel after a like extent of movement of the tenswheel is made as follows: The endwise-inovable shaft I, hereinbefore mentioned, is provided on its end adj acent to the screw-thread D on the shaft D, before mentioned, with a rigid arm I, which extends toward said screwthread and which when said shaft is shifted forwardly in the manner just described, is brought with its extreme end into mesh or contact with said screw-thread. It will be provided at its forward end with fingers i '21,

which pass one above and one below the sleeveD, surrounding the shaft D, and bear laterally against an annular, rad hilly-extend ing flange D on said-sleeve. The spring D acts, when the toothed Wheel D is first shifted into mesh with the unit cyclometer-wheel,

to press said flange D against the fingers of said arm I said wheel D being thus held in 1 0 of the cyclon: eter-wheel. T

' turns with said shaft D and acts on the arm I to shift the shaft I endwise, and in this manner acts to move the fingers 'i of the arm i away from the flange D of the sleeve D, so that it is necessary to provide means for preventing the said sleeve shifting on the shaft D under the influence of the s ring D and for preventing the toothed w eel D on said sleeve from shifting out of mesh with the units cyclometer-wheel until said wheel has almost completed its rotation. Said wheel is held in its proper meshing position with the unit dur 'vided between wheel D ment of the wheel D rested by contact of r spring D ing the complete rotation of said units-wheel by the followin devices: I designates a lug on the arm I which engages a cam D ,'formed on the inner face of the toothed wheel D", and the pitch of said cam is equal to the pitch of the screwthread D, so that notwithstanding the shifting of the fingers-of the arm I away from said flange D, the engagement of said lug 1 with said cam D acts to hold the sleeve D and toothed wheel D from shiftin laterally until the c clometer units-wheel as completed the ninth step of its rotation. A space is prothe flange D and the starofsuch width as to permit the fingers i to shift relativel' to said sleeve D to the required extent. en said unitswheel has completed its ninth step, the lug I passes off of the highest part of the cam D to the lowest part thereof and ermits the wheel D, under the influence of tii laterally a distance to bring it into meshwith the tens-wheel of the cyclometer. Such moveandits sleeve D is arthe flange D of the sleeve D? with the fingers 'i'. of the arm T The wheel D is thus held at this time between the meshing relation with respect to the tenswheel until said tens-wheel almost completes a rotation, the lug i and cam D actin in the manner before described to hold the w eel D engaged with said tens-wheel while the shaft I continues-toshift endwise. After the tens- 4 wheel has completed its ninth step the lug I drops from the highest part of said cam D to the lowest part thereof and permits the toothed wheel D to shift laterally into meshing engagement with the hundreds-wheel of the cyclometer and is held .in this position by the same means which hold it in meshing re-' lation to the tens-wheel. During all this time the shaft I is prevented from being restored to its original or starting position, which the s ring; I tends to do, by reason of the fact t at the arm I of said shaft is maintained in or it maybe on the shaft 1,) I

e spring D, to shift and the fingers i in proper lateral engagement with the screw-thread D on the mg engagement with the locking-wheel D on the shaft D before described, said parts are locked in these positions by engagement of the lugs i and j on the standard and armature J respectively, as before mentioned.

When said magnet is energized, the lug onthe armature is drawn away from the lug on the bearin -standard I and allows the shaft I and its earing-standards to be swung rearwardly away from the shaft D through the action of the spring Gr on the sliding bar G, thereby releasing the arm I from the screw D and permitting-the shaft I to be restored or partially restored, as the case may be, under theaction of the spring I and also withdrawing the locking-detent arm F from the locking-wheel G on the shaft D to permit said shaft D to be restored under the action of its spring D The restoring movement of said shaft D ives rotation to the toothed wheel D and also gives like rotation to the star-wheel D" to operate thefnake-andbreak device to transmit registering 1mpulses from the temporary recording device to the recording device located at the central station. The toothed Wheel D in its return movement acts to return to zero the cyclometer wheel with which it may be atthis time 1n mesh. It is not intended, however, that each of the cyclometer-wheels shall be rotated backward] by the toothed wheel D a like number 0 revolutions and partial revolutions which they have been advanced, but said cyclometer-wheels are merely returned to their zero positions, and after each wheel has been thus returned to zero the toothed wheel D is shifted into mesh with the next lower wheel and returns it to zero if it is not already standing at zero, and when all of the Wheels have been returned to zero the toothed wheel takes its position between the units- Wheel and the toothed Wheel 0, as shown in Fig. 1. In other words, it is not intended that all of the e lcometer-wheels shall be given an extent 0 reverse movement by the toothed wheel D advanced, but said Wheels are only returned from the angular positions'which the chance to oocu y at the time a record is to e taken off to t e zero-points. The mechanism for effectingthis result is ma e as follows; Each of said cyclometer-Wheels is provided on its side face with a laterally-extending-pin c,

the same as'they have been (shown on one of the wheels in Fig. 3,) and when the pins of said wheels reach a given point in their circular paths of movement they are assumed to be at zero. L L L designate three L-shaped levers, which are pivoted at their angles on pivot-pins Z, extending through said levers and through lugs .li, supported on a horizontal bracket ll, extending from front to rear of the machine, the horizontal members of said levers extend ing transversely beneath the shafts C and D. The vertical members of'the levers extend upwardly from their pivots in front of the shaft and one at the side of each of the cyelometer-wheels. Said vertical members of the levers are provided with notches Z as shown in Fig. 3, which are adapted to be engaged by the pins 0 of the oyclomcter-wheels when said cyolometer-wheels are at zero. baid levers are placed under the influence of springs Z, as shown in Fig. 3, which tend to normally hold the horizontal members of the levers downwardly and to throw the vertical parts thereof rearwardly. The arm K, which extends downwardly from the. sleeve D, as before described, and by which the sleeve and wheel D are initially shifted laterally to engage said wheel with the units cyclometerwheel, is provided with an extension or tailpiece 70, which is directed laterally and downwardly, piece is adapted to extend horizontally beneath the'rear ends of the horizontal members of the levers L L L when the rear ends of said levers are in their uppermost positions, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Such positions of the levers occur when the cyclometer-wheels are at zero and the pins 0 are engaged with the notches Z of said. levers, the tension of the spring D of the shaft acting at this time to throw the upper ends of the vertical members of said levers forwardly and the rear ends upwardly. The operation of this feature of the device is as follows: If it be assumed that the device is in its starting position and all of the cycloineter-wheels at zero and the units-wheel be angularly advanced in setting up the first record, said wheel is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3

and the pin 0 thereof is moved away from the notch Z of its lever L. The upper end of said lever being freed, the rear end of the horizontal member of the lever is thrown downwardly under the action of its spring Z. Just before the first record has been set up on said unitswheel the toothed wheel D and connected sleeve D have been shifted laterally in the manner hereinbefore described, and the sleeve carries with it the arm K in a manner to bring its tailpiece laterally from beneath the horizontal member of the units-lever L. After the rear end of said lever drops, therefore, it constitutes a stop which'ooacts with said tailpiece of the arm K and prevents retraction of the sleeve and wheel D until said V and the extreme end is of said tail senses lever is raised. So long as the parts are in these positions, therefore, it will be obvious that the toothed wheel D cannot be laterally retracted out of mesh with the units cyclometer-wheel until the horizontal member of the lever is again raised, and such raising of the horizontal member of the lever will occur when in the restoration of said unitswheel the pin 0 thereof engages the notch l of the vertical member of the lever and throws the horizontal member thereof upwardly. At this time the tailpiece is of the arm K is free to pass beneath the horizontal member of the lever L, thereby permitting the restoration of the toothed wheel D to its starting position. In like manner with the tens and hundreds cyclome ter-wheels thehorizontal members of the levers L L, associated with the wheels C C, are forced downwardly under the action of the springs Z as soonas the pins 0" of said wheels are moved out of engagement with the notches Z of the vertical members of the L-shaped levers associ' ated therewith, and said levers constitute stops which coact with the tailpiece of the arm K to prevent retraction of the wheel D from said wheels C C until said latter wheels are restored to zero and the pins 0* again brought into engagement with the notches of the vertical members of said levers. It is to be understood that the lever associated with each of'the cyclometer-wheels will not be operated to throw its rear end downwardly until the wheel associated therewith begins to advance-that is to say, just as each wheel has made a complete rotation and it picks up the next higher wheel during the tenth or final step thereof such movement of the newly-started wheel throws the pin 0 thereof out of engagement with the associated stoplever and permits the rear end of said lever to drop. Just prior to this time, however, the toothed wheel D has been moved into mesh with said next higher wheel and has carried the tailpiece of the pin K laterally from beneath the horizontal member of its associated lever, whereby when said horizontal member of the lever has dropped downwardlyit is located in the path of said tailpiece and prevents its return movement until the lever is again thrown upwardlv, which will occur when the said newly-started wheel has been returned to zero and the pin 0 thereof is engaged with the notch inthe vertical member of its lever. The same operation occurs with each of the cylometer-wheels. The mechanism just described is designed to produce a' record when the partsare restored which shall group the record characters representing the different denominations composing the number in such manner that the record shall show as many characters for each denomination as there'are multiples of the sev eral denominations rep esented in the recordnumber. The manner m which this mechanism operates to-produce such a'recordivill be Hro . and the rear end of 'its associated lever L isthe shaft D', the wheel D of said shaft 18 held' understood from a consideration of the following: -Ifitbe assumed that. eleven records have been setup on the cylometer-wheels, it will be observed that-theunits-wheel has been adrear end of the horizontalrnember of said lever is'lowered into its stoppmgposition. The tens-wheel has'been turned buta single step in advance fromits starting or zero position depressed into the path of the tailpiece of the arm K. If the parts be released at this time to be restored under the action of the sprin Diof in mesh with the tens-wheeluntil one retrograde step has been made, and such step restores-the tens-wheel to zero and brings the pin a of said wheel'into engagement withthe notch Z of its lever L. During the time the wheel D is retrog'rading in mesh with the tens-wheel the star-wheel D is in line with the intermediate contact-piece h of the makeand-break strip H, and one tooth of said wheel engages said contact-piece and closes the transmitting-circuit between said strips H H and produces an. impulse corresponding in length to that of said contact-piece h. Such imJmlse produces a dash at the central station in i catinga tens-record. The tens-wheel is thereby arrested, and the pin 0 thereof acts upon said lever to raise the rear end thereof out of the path of the tailpiece of the arm K and permits the wheel D to be moved by the spring I laterally into mesh with the unitswheel and the star-wheel laterally into line with theshortest or units contact-piece h on the strip H of the make-and-break device. After the wheel D is shifted into mesh with the units-wheel and the star-wheel D into line with the shortest contact-piece h the retrograde movement of the parts is continued the first effect of which is to restore the units-wheel onestep to zero and at the same time close'the circuit between the strips H H of the make-and-break device and send an impulse over the transmitting-circuit which is translated as a units-record; Upon the completion of the said retro rade step of the units-wheel the said units-w eel is arrested, and the pin 0* thereof acts upon-the lever to throw the rear end of the lever L upwardl out of the path of the tailpiece ofthearm and the wheel D is moved laterall out of mesh with the units-wheel and t e starwheel is moved laterally out of line with the unit contact-piece of the strip H of the makeand-break device under the action of the spring I to the-position shown in Fig. 1. It will be observed that theshaft D an wheels D D have. been advanced eleven. distinct steps during the setting up operation of the record-that is to say, the shaftD has been rotated forwardly one and one-tenth times.

In the restoring'movement of the shaft but two of the elevenst-eps are employed to effeet the closin of the transmitting-circuit, and when the w eel D is shifted out of mesh with the units-wheel it is free to turn backwardly to its zero position Without further .closin the transmitting: circuit, the starwheel eing shifted out of line with the strip H of the make-and-break device simultaneousl with the shiftin of thewheel D out of mes with the units-w eel. If ten instead of eleven records be set up on the temporary registering'device, but a single impulse w1llbe sent out over the transmitting-circuit. This is due to the fact that inasmuch as the units- Wheel stands at zero at the end of ten ad number of records set up be one hundred and eleven, thefirst effect of the retrograde move.- ment of the toothed Wheel D (WhlCl'l. is at this time in mesh with the hundreds Wheel) is to restore the hundreds-wheel to zero, producing at the same time a closing of the transmittin circuit a length of time corresponding wit 1.

the length of the hundreds contact-piece k of the strip H, and thereafter the wheel D is shifted into mesh with the tens-wheel. The subsequent operation is the same as that heretofore described. It will of course be understood that records represented by numbers comprising multiples of each of the denominations referred to" are set up and taken off from the temporar registering device in the same manner as ereinabove described, with the exception that the toothed .wheel D remains in mesh with the various denomination-wheels of the cyclometer mechanism and the star-wheel remains in line with the correspondin contact-pieces of IIO the strip H a greater lengt of time, dependmg u on the steps the pins 0 of-the countingwhee travel before reaching zero and the number of records to be transmitted and recorded, the shifting of the toothed and star wheels bein accomplished in the identical manner as ereinabove described. In this manner it 1s practicable to produce a much more compact and easily-read record, for

obviouslysuch record may .be readmuch vmore quickly than if the number of impulses produced in transmitting the record to the recorder be equal to the number of independent advancements made by the counting mechanism when said records are set up in the temporar recording device. Moreover, the

time in w ich the records are read is greatly i shortened as compared to a device wherein the number of recording impulses sent out to line therefrom are equal to the number of insingle hundreds character, two tens characters, and five units. characters.

The elect-romagnet J is included in a starting-circuit which is normally open and which is momentarily closed to release the parts to permit restoration thereof under the action of the spring D of the shaft D when a reading is to be taken from the temporary register. The strips H H are included in a transmitting-circuit which is also normally closed, but is open 'ust after the starting-circuitis closed. As erein shown, the closing of the transmitting-circuit isefiected by the same means which opens the starting-circuit. .The electrical connection between the various parts of the device is as follows: One. end of the coil of said magnet J is connected by a wire M with a binding-screw m on the top of the frame A and one of the line-wires, 1, is connected with said bindin screw through the medium of a strip m. s' will hereinafter more fully appear, the binding-screw m is connected with the line-wire 1 through the medium of a safety'device, hereinafter to be described. Likewise the other end of the coil is connected by a'wire M with a similar binding-screw m Said binding-screw m is connected through the medium of a strip m and wire m with a vertical strip M Figs. 1 and 6, which is attached to a block m", supported on the frame A The bindin screws m 'm, and the block in are insulated rom the frame A in the manner shown in Figs. 4c and 5. The lower end of the strip M is adapted for contact with a strip J carried by the armature J and, insulated therefrom, and the return-wire 2 of the outer circuit is connected with said strip J. A vertical strip J is also supported on said insulating-block m above referred'to, and is adapted for contact with the strip J on the side thereof opposite to the strip M when the armature is swung toward its magnet. With this construction when the shaft I is shifted forwardly the locking-. detent arm F is moved into locking engagement with the locking-wheel D and the wheel D is shifted laterally into engagement with the unitswheel of the cyclometer mehanism, which occurs upon the initial rotation of the starting-shaft B, (the parts being locked in this position.) The. starting-circuit is closed from Wire 1 through the magnet J, the strip M the'strip J, and back to line 2. When said magnet J is energized through said starting-circuit, it acts to draw the ar-. mature J 2 away from the strip M and breaks the starting-circuit'at this oint. The'drawing of the armature towar the magnet in the manner described acts to release the In 7' on said armature from the lug i on one of t e oscillat-ing standards-of the shaft I and permits said parts to be restored to their positions under the action of the spring Gr and the bar G, and the spring D" of the shaft D thereafter acts to restore the said shaft to it's starting position and to turn the wheel D which constitutes part of the make-and-break device, as hereinbefore stated. At the time the starting-circuit is closed the transmittingcircuit is immediately opened in the manner described. Said transmitting-circuit is composed as follows: The spring-strips H of the make-and-break device are provided with tailpieces k h, respectively. The tailpiece h is connected by a wire h with the upper end of the strip J and said strip J when the device is unlocked, as shown in Fig. 5,-is electrically connected with line-wire No. 2 through the medium of the strip J carried by the armature. The other tailpiece h of thespring-strip H of the make-and-break device is connected by a wire it withwire No.

1. Therefore when the parts are unlocked by the drawing of the armature toward the electromagnet the circuit through the makeand-break device is closed between the strips J and J and this occurs at the instant t e starting-circuit is opened between the strip J and the strip M In the subsequent rotation of the star-wheel of the make-and-break device the transmitting-circuit is intermittently opened and closed, thereby producing recording impulses which are sent through the line to the recorder at the central station and there translated into a graphic record.

WVhen the apparatus is used inconnection with a measured telephone service, it is desirable that a suitable signaling device be operated at each time a record is set up, so as to apprise the operator at the centralstation that a call has been recorded before the subscribers telephone is connected with another telephone of the exchange. -A si naling de-; vice for this purpose is herein s own consisting of a'spiral ong N, which is located in the hollow base 0% the machine, Figs. 3 and/ 10. N designates a hammer which is attached to a striking-arm N and said hammer is normally held against the gong by means of a spiral contractile spring N Said arm N is rigidly. fastened to the lower end of a vertical shaft N, which has bearing in the horizontal part of the base and in a suitable sleeve n, rising from the base. Said shaft is provided. at its upper end with a crank-arm N, which is provided at its outer end with an upturned pin n which is located beneath the starting-shaft B. Said pin is adapted for contact with a cam B on the shaft B, and

:; cuit win 11 7 thereof an' automatic switching 7 which is so constructed operated that the,

said cam is so formed as to operate, throu h said crank, during the rotation of said sh to swing the hammer-arm N awa from the gong and to release said arm; so t at it may 5 thereafter swing the hammer N forcibly against the gong through the action of the spring N In addition to the record produced at the central station means are provided at the temporaryrecordi device for producing a permanentrecord 2% the number of records set up on thetemporaryrecording device. Said means consist of a "com uting-register 0, Fig. 1, which is supported on a suitable bracket formed on or attached to one of the side frame members of the device, and the shaft B eirtends into and is connected in any suitable or familiar manner with the counting elements ofs aid computing-register. With turned it acts to 0 crate said com ut' -r .ister, and the IGCO I dS produced in sai d (Jigter are permanent and are not disturbed if ing the restoring movements of the tempo-- rar registering device.

he recordi tion, which is fi reference-letter B, may be of any pre erred type and, as herein shown, c'onsists of a fa miliar form of ticker consisting of a bipolar magnet R and a pivoted is normally-drawn away from the magnet by a spri adapte ord-tape R, wound from a roll R. The tape is advanced between coacting rollers 1" r,'

driven in any suitable manner, and is unwound when'it receives the im ressions from the pen- 40 oil. The energizing 0 contact with the recor ruption'of-the current occurri permits the pencil to be with p na- ,In order to prevent the current of the operatin'gcircuit or a foreign current from. so-

.cidentallyclos thestart' device is bridg between t e operating-ciris so constructed'as to be operated by a current different from-the n1 awn by the er'at' -circuit or an robable foreign' current vghich inay'fin it way to the circuit. Wehave herein shown a safety device pf; this 5 s chara'cter which is actuated by a iilsaiing -or "interrupted current, and it inclu es -asapart mechanism v closing movement of the switch harmonizes with a pulsating or interrupted. current of -a given frequency and will'not be operated by a 'currcn of a different charactefol. fre uency.- aid safety device isillustrated in igs. 12,13, and 14 and is made as-follows:

-.65 The device is supported ona base I, which is tween said standards.

construction each time the shaft B is e V ard device at the central staesignated generally b the armature R, which R and carrying-at its end a pencil r, j for mtermittent contact with a rec over a table r, upon which it rests the magnet draws the pencil (or it may be a silphon-pen)i down into- -ta'pe, an the inter-- at the break.

' laterally-tame guide P -circuit, asafety 9 device.

-. mature is drawn toward the poles of the magnet, thereby s' aarm-when the armature is released from the -magnet poles'drops'more' rapidly than the gear-segmentreverses, so that each time the arm is r .and th h t provided with two vertical standards '1? .P, connected by a transverse barP. P desig-v nates a bipolar electromagnet which is supported on said base at one side of and be-- P designates a seg- 7c mental gear which is rotatively mounted on the cross-bar 1? between said standards. 5 design-ates the armature of said electromagnet, which is pivotally mounted on the crossbar P said armature having bearing on each side of the gear-segment. The armature is provided with a rearward] -extending arm P, which is located near one side of the gearse mentP and parallel therewith and is pro- Vi ed at its rearend with a spring-pressed 8o pawl 19," which engages the margina teeth of 1 said gear-segment. P designates a spiral. contractile spring, which is attached atits upper end to said arm P between said pawl and the cross-barP and at its lower end to the base 8 5 and acts normally to hold said arm in its, lowermost position. Said pawl is-provided with a stop-pin p, which vibrates between two stop projections 12 located on astand- P rising from the base of the device at" o one side of the gear-segment P.' Q, designates as a whole an escapement device hav-- ing a gear-wheel Q, which meshes with the gear-segment P. The said gear-segment is provided on one side thereof with two'curved or crescent-shaped guides P P one of which carries a contact-piece'p. P" designates a vertical metallic contact-barwhich is connected at its lower end-with a binding-strip 1); attached to the base of the device, andis provided at its u per end with alaterallly turned part 12, which is directed toward t e' gear-segment P. Said laterally-turned part of said contact-bar P is adapted when the gear-segment is turned to the-proper angular position on its axis of rotation to enter the space between the 'des P P, and when said laterally-turne part has entered sa d space and the ear-segment is restored said f-part of the barihas a WlPlIlg engagement with the contact-piece on the;

and'closes'a circuit through the starting magnetJ of the temporary record- When 'a pulsating-current cir cult is closed through the magnet P, the arx 5 'ng the rear end of its aim and pawl p, carried thereby, upwardly and rotatmgthe gear-segment. The pulsations of. the currentcause said arm toflswmg ra idly to and firo on its axis, and owing to t e. escapement control of the the spring-pressure exert on the arm said v the pawl engages a tooth successively lower. than in the last engagement, ei'eby raises said gear-segment with a movement until the space between ear-segment. and

the guides P P is brought into line with the laterally turned part of the contactbar. When this occurs, said laterally-turned part of the bar springs into the space between the guides and in the next reverse movement of a the magnet and is held down, and a pulsating current which does not harmonize with the mechanism does not produce the desired effect, as it does not swing the segment to the proper angular position for the laterally turned part of the contact-bar to enter the space between the guides. The pulsating current may be produced by interrupting the starting-current, either by means of a manually-operated vibratory key or by means of a rotary commutator included in said circuit. The former method is herein shown and will be described in connection with the recording-circuit.v After the starting-circuit has been closed throu h the pulsating-currentactuated device described means are provided for switching the pulsating current out of the line and switching the continuous recording-circuit in, so that the first recording impulse produced by the make-and-break device will be taken up by the recording-circuit, and thereby translated into a graphic record. The electrical connection between the parts of said safety device is as follows: The ends of the coils of the magnets P are connected by wires p p with binding-serews p" p which binding-screws are connected with linewires 1 and 2. The binding-screw p of the contact-bar is connected by a wire 1) with the line-wire 1. The contact-piece p on the segment is grounded to the base, and said base is provided with a binding-screw p", which is connected by a wire 29 with one end of-the coil of the starting-magnet J of the temporary recording device.

In Fig. 16 is indicated in a diagrammatic manner-a subscribers telephone-circuit and the recording-circuit, including the parts at the subscribers telephone and those at the central station. For sake of clearness only the parts necessary for an understanding of the-circuits are illustrated, the mechanical details being omitted. The line-wires 1 and 2 of the circuit are'connected with the usual v spring-jack U of the switchboard at the central station. V V desi ate; respectively, the magneto call-bells an an open generator, which are bridged between the lines in the usual manner; V the transmitter included in the primary circuit; V the receiver included in the secondary circuit, and -V-- the automaticv switch by which the primary and secondary circuits are closed and which serves also as a support for the receiver in the usual manner. shown in said figure, the magnet 1? of the safety device is bridged between the wires 1 and '2, the wires 3 and 4 representing the wires p p and binding-screws p v 4* indicates the armature of said magnet. In the diagram it is assumed that the contact-bar P is brought into contact with the contact-piece 1) directly by the movement of the armature, although in the detailed construction hereinbefore' described such movement is effected by the movement of the gear-segment P. The contact-bar 1 is shown in'Fig. 15 as connected with thelinewire 1 by means of a 'wire 5, which corresponds in the detail construction to bindingscrew 1) and wire 1). 5 designates a Wire leading from the contactpiece p of said safety device to the electromagnet J, said wire 5 corresponding with and representing the frame of the safety device, wire p binding-screw m, and wire M, and 6 designates a wire leading from the opposite end of said electrmnagnet to the spring-strip M said wire 6 representing wire M, binding-screw m strip m and wire m The spring-strip J is connected by a wire 7 with the strip H of the make-and-break device, said wire representing the wire h and tailpiece 72,5 of the detail. construction, and the strip H of said make-and-break device is connected by a wire 8 with Wire 1 of the main circuit, said wire 8 representing wire it and the tailpiece of the strip H". The recording-circuit embraces wires 9 and 10, which are connected with a plug, (indicated diagrammatically at 11.) 12 is a battery in said circuit. 13 is inc a Wire leading from one side of said battery through the magnets R of the recording device to a contact-piece 14. 15 is a wire connected with the Wire 13 on the same side of the battery as the recording device and is connected with one end ofthe coil of a magnet 16. The other end of said coil is connected by a wire 17 with a contact-piece 18, located opposite to the contact-piece 14. 19 is an armature which is pivoted at 20 and movable toward and from the magnet 16. The armature 19 is normally held away from its magnet 16 by means of a spring 23. When the armature is attracted to the magnet, it is held a ainst the core of the magnet until manua 1y released by a locking-lever 25, which is pivoted at its lower end to swing to ward and away from the end of the armature when free and engages near its upper end the outer end of the armature. Said locking-- lever is given a tendency to swing into its locking position'beneath the armature with its upperend engaging the lower face of the armature by means of a spiral contractile spring 26, attached at one end to a stationary part of the apparatus and at its other end to the up er end of the locking-lever. The upper end of the locking-lever is rounded or tapered, so that when the armature is raised b the magnet the lever passes readily beneat the same with a wedging action and holds the armature against the core of its magnet against the action of the armature-retracting spring 23. The wire 9 is connected with the armature at its point of pivot 20, as herein shown, and the tailpiece 21 of said armature vibrates between said contact-pieces 14 and 18 and has alternate contact therewith. The wire 15 is broken by a vibratory switch-key 22. It is at the key 22 that the pulsating or interrupted current is produced which effects the operation of the safety device,

whereby is closed the starting-circuit in the manner hereinbefore described. It will-be understood that the plug 11 is separate and distinct from the operators plug at central and'is only inserted into the spring-jacks of the several operating-circuits when it is desired to take the records from the temporary recording devices located at. the subscribers stations or telephones.

The operation of setting up the records, whether they be-automatically set up, as when registering the cycles or unit movements of a meter or the like, or whether they be manually set up by a telephone subscriber when a requested connection is being made, has been sufliciently explained hereinbefore. The operation of transmitting the temporary records to the central station and there translating them into graphic records may be briefly stated as follows: When the temporary records are to be taken off of ,a temporary registering device, the recording device is connected with the operating-circuit by inserting the plug 11 into the spring-jack U. Thereafter a pulsating or intermittent current is sent through the outer circuit for the purpose of actuating the safety device, and this is effected in the present instance by the key 22, though it maybe otherwise effected, as by a rotary commutator mechanism. The pulsating current circuit is at this time closed through line 17 contact-point 18, the armature 19, and line 9 to the magnet P of the safety device, which latter is bridged across the line. The pulsating current acts to swing the gear-segment P in a halting movement in the manner before described until the circuit is closed through the device between the bar P and the contact-piece 10 The armature 19 is not at this time attracted to its magnet 16, notwithstanding'its relatively low resistance as compared with the magnet P by reason of thefact, first, that the armature 19 is spaced farther from its magnet 16 than is the armature 4* spaced from its magnet P and, second, because the spring 23 acts in opposition to the attractive force of the magnet 16 and has sufficient tension to overcome such'attractive force so long as the current from the battery 12 meets.

the resistance afforded by the magnet P The circuit is closed but momentarily be tween the bar P and the contact-piece p,

cuited around the safety or starting device magnet P, the resistance to the flow of the current is decreased and'the additional flow of current through the magnet 16 acts to energize said magnet sufficiently to attract its armature 19 against the tension of the spring 23, whereby the tailpiece of said armature is swung away from the contact-piece 18 and into contact with the contact-piece 14. This operation closes the recording-circuit through the recording-magnets R and opens the circuit through the magnet 16. When the armature 19 is drawn toward its magnet in this manner, the looking-lever 25 is operated in the manner before described to lock the armature in this position with its tailpiece in contact with the contact-piece 18, thereby maintaining the recording-circuit closed between said tailpiece and contact-piece until the locking-lever is manually released, notwithstanding the denergizing of the magnet 16, which occurred when the tailpiece of the armature was swung out of contact with the contact-piece 18. Such switching of the pulsating current out of the circuit occurs instantly upon the closing of the circuit through the safety or starting device, so that the first recording impulse from the makeand-break device is passed through the recording device R and is recorded. After the record is taken the plug 11 is withdrawn from the spring-jack U and thereafter the lockinglever 25 is swung out of its locking position, which is effected by a knob 27 thereon, there by permitting the armature 19 to be swung away from the magnet 16 by the spring 23. In this manner the tailpiece of said armature is returned into contact with the contact-piece 18, so that in the subsequent ma nipulation of the key 22 the circuit is closed throu h the magnet 16 and around the recorded magnets, whereby the pulsating current which operates the safety device will have no effect on the recording device and said recording device will not be operated until the current is again short-circuited around the magnet of the starting or safety device.

Itwill be understood that in applying the apparatus to other uses which have been heremabove mentioned the circuits will be varied to correspond with the changed conditions. It will be furthermore understood that man changes may be made in the details of the several parts of the apparatus without departing from the spirit of our invention, andwe do not wish to be limited thereto, exce t as hereinafter made the subject of speci claims. In the practical instalment of the apparatus the temporary recording device and the safety device will be 'inclosed in a suitable case, which if used in connection with telephone service will be located at the subscribers telephone.

'Weclaim v 1. A registering device upon which individual registrations are severally set up and from which they are collectively transmitted, comprising a plurality of denomination counting members which are iven a step-bystep advance-movement as t e registrations areset up, and means for transmitting the registrations from said device as the counting members are restored to zero, so constructed that each counting member produces durin its retro rade movement a nummembers are restored to zero, so constructe ber of recor ingimpu ses representing a multile or multiples of the denomination to which the counting member is appropriated.

2. A registering device upon which individual reglstrations are severally set up and from which they are collectively transmitted, comprising a plurality of denomination counting members which are iven a step-bystep advance movement as t e registrations are set up, means for transmitting the registrations fromsaid device as the counting that each counting member produces in its comprising a pluralit retro rade movement a number of recording said device the registrations so set up on aid' counting members as the counting members are restored to zero, the parts belng so con- 'structed that each counting member acts in its retrograde movement to produce only a number'of recordingim ulses equal to the number of ste s require to return the same to zero, regar less of the number ofadvance movements which it has made while the temporary registrations are being set up.

4. A registering device upon which individual registrations are severally set up and from which they are collectively transmitted,

teaser comprising a plurality of counting members appropriated to different denominations, the member appropriated to the lowest denomination being advanced ste by step as the regis trations are set up an the 'member'of the next higher denomination being advanced a step at the completion of each cycle of movement of said lowest denomination member, and means for transmitting the registrations from the device as the counting members are restored to zero and so constructed that each counting member a'cts in'its retrograde movement to produce onl a number of recording impulses equal to t e number of steps required to return it to zero, regardless of the number of advance movements which it has made while the registrations are being set 5. A re tering device upon which in ividual registrations are severally set up and from which they are collectively transmitted, comprising a plurality of denomination counting mechanisms which are given a stepby-step movement as the registrations are set up, and an electric make-and-break device which is operated to send out recording impulses as the counting mechanismsare restored to zero, and means so operating that each counting mechanism produces in its retrograde movement-a number of impulses representing a multi le or multiples of -the denomination to whic the counting mechanism is appropriated.

6. A registering device upon which individual registrations are severally set up and from which they are collectively transmitted, comprising a plurality of denomination vmembers which are given a step-by-steg movement as the registrations are set up, an

an electric make-and-break device which is operated to send out recordingiim ulses as the counting members are restore to zero, so constructed that each counting member acts in its retrograde movement to produce only a number of recording impulses equal to the number of steps required to restore it to zero, regardless of the number of advance ro- 'tations which it has made while the temporary registrations were being set up.

7. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a registering device located at an outlyin stationupon which registrations are adapte to be severally made, an electricallyactuated recording device docated at a central station, electrical connections between said registering and recording devices, so op-l erating that records transmitted to the central recordin device are designated by d'ifferentiated c aracters, the characters of the several kinds being appropriated to the several denominations composing the number representing the record produced at the central device.

8. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a'registering device located at an outlying station and upon which registrations are adapted to be severally made, an

' electricallyactuated recording device located at a central station, electrical connection between said registering and recording devices, and means so operating that the re istrations transmitted to the central recor ing device are designated by diflerentiated characters, the characters of each kind being appropriated to a particular denomination an -a number representing a multiple or multiples of each denomination.

which aregiven a step-by-step structed that each counting member pro duces at the central recording device in its retrograde movement a number of record characters representinga multiple or multiples of the denomination to which the counting member is appropriated.

10. A registering device upon which individual records are severally set up and from which they are collectively transmitted, comprising a lurality of toothed denominationwheels w ich are'advanced step by ste as the registrations are set registrations are up, a toothed w eel adapted to meshwith said denomination- .wheels and to be advanced thereby, a restoring-spring1 for said toothed wheel, means for shifting t e toothed wheel into mesh successively with the denomination-wheels, begin ningwith the lowest denomination, as the set up, means for shiftin the toothed wheel backward] into mesh with denomination-wheels as t e latter are restored to zero, and an electrical ting device operated by said toothed wheel during the restoring movement thereof.

, 11. A,registering device 'upon which indi-' vidual registrations are severally set up and from which the are collectively transmitted, comprisin a p urality of -tionwhee s, which are. advanced step by step as the registrations are gmnin with the lowest denomination and gust be ore each wheel completesits rotation shifting said toothed wheel 'ba'c J95 as the records are being set-u means for wardly into mesh with said denomination.-wheels, said transmittoothed denomina-- set up, a toothed, wheel adapted to mesh with sa1d'denomina-- wheel into mesh succomprising a star-wheel shift' occurring at the time the wheels are seveha fiy restored to zero, and an electrical transmitting device operated by said toothed wheel during the restoring movement thereof.

12. A registering device upon which individual registrations are severally set up and from which the are coll ciive y transmitted, comprisin a urality of toothed denomination-whee s w ich are advanced step by step as the registrations are set up, a toothed wheel ada ted to mesh with said denomination-whee s and adapted to be advanced thereby, a restoring-springfor said toothed wheel, means for shifting the toothed wheel into mesh successively with the denomination-wheels, beginning with the lowest denomination, as the records are set up, means for shifting the toothed wheel backwardly into mesh-with the denomination-wheels as the latter are movable with said toothed wheel, an electrical transmitting device operated by said star-wheel, and means operated b said denomination-wheelsfor controllin -t e recording movements of said toothed w eel.

13. A registering device upon which individual registrations are severally set up and from which the are collectively transmitted, comprising a p urality of toothed" denomination-whee s w ich are advanced step by step as the registrations are set up, a toothed wheeladalpted to mesh with said denomination-whe'e and adapted to be advanced thereby, arestoring-spring for said/toothed wheel, means for shifting the toothed wheel returned to zero, a star-wheel into mesh successively with the denomination-wheels, beginning with the lowest de-i nomination, as the registrations are set u r means'for shifting the toothed wheel basi Q wardly into mesh with the denominationwheels as the latter are restored to zero, a star-wheel which partakes of the rotative and shifting movement of the toothed wheel, an electrical make-and-break device 0 er ated by their retrograde movement" for controllin the recording movements of said toothed wheel, and contactieces on said make-and-break device e ua in number to that of the denominationw eelsand adapted for contact by the teeth of thestar-wheel, and made of vag'ng lengths, said star-wheelv being shifted 0m one contact-piece to the other as the toothed wheelis shifted from one denomination-wheel to the other. 14. A registering device upon which 1nd1- vidual registrations are severally set up and from whi h they are collectively transmitted, comprising .a counting mechanism wh1 c h is advanced. step by step as the reglstratlons are set up and restored are transmitted therefrom, and means for transmitting the records from the device said star-wheel, means operate by I said denomination-wheels in as theregistrations which is rotated dur- 1 o 

